Content s. V. Shevtsova the intermediate modern english course. First year
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Exercise 28 p. 38 Complete the following sentences, using the Future Indefinite Tense according to the model. Model: He is in Kiev now (be back). He'll be back next week. 1. Now he is still a schoolboy but (leave school) this spring. 2. 1 don't know his address but (get it for you). 3. She is in the country and (stay there for another week). 4. I don't know what he thinks about it yet but I (ask him). 5. You may leave, I (finish the work). 6. If you think the book is interesting I (read it). 7. She is very busy, she (not come to the party). 8. I know too little on the subject, I (not discuss) it. 9. You can still see Peter, he (leave in two days). 10. Don't leave yet, I (make some соffee). 11. Don't wait for him, he (not come for supper, come late). 12. You can see this film on TV, they (show it next Sunday). Exercise 29 p.38 Answer the following questions according to the model. Model: Will he come for supper? (be at the theatre) No, he won't. He will be at the theatre. 1. Will they discuss this question after classes? (at the meeting, tomorrow) 2. Will she stay here till Monday? (leave today) 3. Will you watch the play on TV? (go to the theatre) 4. Will he соme home for lunch? (have lunch at his office) 5. Will you have fruit for dessert? (have an apple) 6. Will your sister be at home tonight? (go to a party) Exercise 30 p. 39 Translate the following phrases with the verb 'have1+noun’ into Russian:
Exercise 31 p. 39 Practise the following according to the model. Model: "I have/had a rest after lunch." (you) "Do/did you also have a rest after lunch?" "No; I don't/ didn't." 1. She has a glass of hot milk before she goes to bed. (he) 2. We had a talk on the subject with him. (they) 3. I always have a smoke after lunch. (you) 4. We had English classes on Mondays last month. (they) 5. Schoolchildren have a break for lunch at one o'clock. (students) 6. At the sanatorium they had four meals a day. (at home) Exercise 32 p. 39 Translate the following sentences. 1. Что у вас на завтрак? 2. Студенты обычно обедают в институте. 3. Я не увижу профессора на этой неделе. Его нет в городе. 4. Что вы любите на третье? 5. В санатории этого типа четырехразовое питание. 6. Вы всегда курите после обеда? 7. Туристы из Самарканда приезжают в Москву в понедельник утром и пробудут здесь три дня. После этого они поедут в Киев. 8. — Когда вы читаете газеты? — Я обычно читаю их вечером, а утром только просматриваю. 9. Во сколько у вас завтра начинаются занятия? 10. Мой брат очень прилично говорит по-английски. 11. Мы будем обсуждать рассказ Хемингуэя на следующем занятии. 12. Когда старые друзья встречаются, они часто говорят о прошлом. 13. Автобус 108 здесь не останавливается. 14. У английских школьников занятия каждый день кроме субботы и воскресенья. 15. Как ты добираешься до института? Сколько это обычно занимает у тебя времени? 16. Англичане часто говорят о погоде. 17. Вегетарианцы едят все кроме рыбы и мяса. 18. Четыре раза в неделю у нас занятия по практике языка, и два раза — по переводу. Exercise 33 p. 39 Give questions to the following answers. 1. No, it didn't. It took her a couple of hours to write the article. 2. Yes, I shall if I am in town. 3. No, they don't. The Browns have such a meal every day if there's enough money in the family. 4. Yes, there were. The weather was very rainy in May. 5. Yes, they did. The film was to their liking. 6. I don’t. My brother does. He goes to work by the underground. 7. No, it isn’t. Fifty roubles is not enough to buy a good radio-set. 8. No, they won’t. They are out of town. 9. I do. But my English is not quite up to the mark. 10. Yes, there are. The only thing we haven’t got in our flat is air-conditioning. Exercise 34 p. 40 Express disagreement with the following statements. 1. She never has milk for supper. 2. He won't answer her letters. 3. They studied German at school. 4. The students at our university have lunch at three о'clock. 5. She will never go there by plane. 6. There won’t be many people in the streets on Sunday. 7. They work at this office on Saturdays. 8. He left school long before the war. Exercise 35 p.40 Make up sentences from the following groups of words, the missing elements may be added. 1. during their summer vacation; go home; all foreign students. 2. next year; these students; study many more subjects. 3. be his favourite writer; Mark Twain; when he was a schoolboy. 4. bring more chairs; be a lot of guests; at today's meeting. 5. when it began to rain; stop playing football; the boys. 6. be no more wars; if peace-loving people; fight for peace. 7. often; we; have long discussions; the current situation; our teacher. 8. after two years in the army; come back; a different man; I am sure. 9. Bernard Shaw; be born to a poor family; begin to work at an early age. 10. the last years of his life; Nikolai Gogol; Nikitsky Boulevard; live; here; read for the first time; to the actors of the Art Theatre; his comedy "Inspector General". 11. Alaska; leave for; 1897; Jack London together with thousands of other people; not find gold; write a lot of stories. Exercise 36 p.40 Translate the following sentences into English, using the Indefinite tense forms (Present, Past or Future). 1. Он ездит на работу на автобусе. 2. Я помню, что я тоже ездил на работу на автобусе, когда жил в этом районе. 3. Вчера мы не обедали дома, мы ходили в ресторан. 4. Что у вас обычно бывает на завтрак? 5. Он начал изучать английский язык, когда был еще ребенком. 6. Сколько вам понадобится времени, чтобы закончить перевод? 7. Он очень хорошо описал нам дорогу к историческому памятнику. Mы сразу нашли его. 8. Ты знаешь, когда начнется собрание? 9. Я просмотрю ваш доклад завтра. 10. Мой день начинается с зарядки. 11. Когда он уехал в Минск? 12. Все студенты ездили в Киев во время каникул, кроме Петрова. 13. — Поезд давно отошел? — Десять минут назад. 14. Когда я жил в деревне, я любил утренние прогулки до завтрака. 15. Этот автобус здесь не останавливается, пройдите немного дальше по улице. 16. Вчера у них была беседа на эту тему. 17. Он не всегда обедает в институте. Exercise 15 p. 85 Translate the following, using 'used to + Infinitive'. 1. Я надеюсь, вы меня не забыли, мы когда-то вместе учились. 2. Видите тот маленький домик на другой стороне улицы? Мы там когда-то жили. 3. Одно время они были друзьями, затем что-то произошло, и они больше не видятся. 4. В молодости он много путешествовал; его дом — настоящий музей. 5. Она, бывало, к нам часто заходила до того, как ее семья переехала в новый район. 6. Когда я работал на заводе, я обычно ехал на работу первым автобусом. 7. Когда-то он любил классическую музыку и мог часами слушать Баха и Бетховена (Bach, Beethoven). 8. Вы раньше носили очки, не так ли? 9. Когда-то он играл только маленькие роли, а сейчас он знаменитый актер. 10. — Я не видел его более трех лет. — Разве он не бывал у вас регулярно прошлым летом? The Continuous Tense Forms Exercise 21, p. 61: Study the following patterns: The Present Continuous Tense
The Past Continuous Tense
The Future Continuous Tense
Exercise 22 p. 61 Answer the following questions, using the continuous tense forms (Present, Past or Future). 1. What is the weather like? (rain a little) 2. Why didn't you go to the country yesterday? (rain) 3. What will the weather be like tomorrow? (the radio, give the weather forecast in a few minutes) 4. Why did the militiaman stop him? (walk across the street in the wrong place) 5. Why don't you want to go to the cinema tonight? (finish a book which I must give back tomorrow) 6. Where is Mother? (work in the garden) 7. Why didn't he hear the bell? (play football) 8. Why can't we speak to him now? (write business letters) 9. What is the noise about? (watch a football match) 10. Why do you think you won't get much sleep tonight? (travel all night) 11. Will you come to the party? (not move to a new flat) Exercise 23 p. 61 Practise the following according to the model (mind the possible adverbial modifiers of time: 'now', 'today', 'this morning', 'tonight', etc). Model 1: She usually reads the newspaper at breakfast but she is not reading it today. She is busy with other things. 1. They often watch TV in the evening. 2. He always works in the garden after office hours. 3. He usually plays chess very well. 4. He goes to the library every day. 5. She always leaves town in summer. 6. She always sleeps after lunch. Model 2: Please tell John it’s time to finish the work. But he is (already) finishing it. 1. Tell the children it’s time to get up. 2. Please, tell her to wash the floor. 3. May I ask you to translate this article? 4. Please, ask him to look through her report. 5. Please, tell her to make some coffee. 6. Tell them it’s time to leave for the station. Exercise 24 p. 62 Open the brackets, using the Present Continuous or the Present Indefinite according to the sense: 1. She (wear) a new coat today. 2. Peter never (wear) a hat. 3. I (get up) at eight in the morning. 4. It's eight o'clock. He (get up). 5. What you (say)? I (not hear) you well enough. 6. It (get) late. It's time to go home. 7. It (get) dark early in winter. 8. Listen! Somebody (sing) in the street! 9. She (sing) well and she (have) a pleasant voice. 10. When it is foggy in London, cars (move) very slowly. 11. Our train (move) very fast. Exercise 25 p. 62 Translate the following sentences, using either the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous according to the sense. 1. (i) Ты много читаешь? (ii) Что ты читаешь? 2. (i) Здесь часто идет дождь? (ii) По-моему, идет дождь. 3. (i) Он пишет родителям довольно часто. (ii) Он занят. Он что-то пишет. 4. (i) Он не носит теплого пальто зимой. (ii) Он сегодня в новом пальто. 5. (i) Ребенок просыпается несколько раз за ночь. (ii) He шумите. Ребенок просыпается. 6. (i) Они часто обсуждают такие проблемы. (ii) Они обсуждают что-то интересное. 7. (i) Погода в Англии меняется очень часто. (ii) Возьми плащ. Погода меняется. Ехercise 26 p. 62 Open the brackets, using either the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense according to the sense. 1. When we got off the train it (rain) heavily. 2. The summer that year was cold. It often (rain). 3. The weather was foggy. Cars and buses (move) slowly. 4. While I (pack) my things, he (ring) up for a taxi to take me to the station. 5. The house was quiet. The boys (play) chess and Mary (read) a book. 6. When you (see) him last? 7. I (buy) the guide book in London. It (catch) my eye when I (pass) a shop window. I (return), (call) at the shop and (buy) it. 8. In 1972 Peter (be) in Siberia, he (build) a railway together with his friends. Later he (write) a book about it. 9. Who (speak) over the telephone at five yesterday? The line (be) busy for an hour at least. 10. The whole family (watch) a detective film on TV when I (come) into the room. 11. I (look) into the window and (see) an old woman (sit) at it, a cat (sleep) on the window-sill, next to a flower pot. The picture (take) me back to my childhood. 12. Ships (travel) from Southampton to New York in four or five days last season. Exercise 27 pp. 62-63 Open the brackets, using the correct tense form. Use Reported Speech in place of Direct Speech. RAINY SUNDAY It was Sunday. I never (get up) early on Sundays. I sometimes (stay) in bed until lunch-time. Last Sunday I (get) up very late. I (look) out of the window, it (be) dark outside. "What a day!" I (think). "It (rain) again." Just then the telephone (ring). It (be) my Aunt Lucy. "I (be) at the station. I (come) to see you." "But I still (have) breakfast," I (say). "What you (do)?" she (ask). "I (have) breakfast," I (repeat). "Dear me!" she (say), "You always (get up) so late? It (be) one o'clock." Exercise 28 p. 63 Make up sentences, using the Past Continuous Tense.
Exercise 29 p. 63 Translate the following sentences, using either the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous tense form. 1. Наш поезд шел очень быстро, я не успевал читать названия станций, которые мы проезжали. 2. Когда поезд тронулся, он что-то крикнул мне, но я ничего не слышал. 3. Когда я добрался до станции, уже темнело. 4. Мы вызвали врача, когда поняли, что ее состояние ухудшается. 5. — Когда вы видели ее в последний раз? — Я не помню точно, но знаю, что это было в прошлом месяце. 6. Вчера в это время мы были еще в поезде и ехали по Украине. 7. Когда он зажег свет, он увидел, что кто-то спал на кровати. 8. Когда поезд прибыл, мы все стояли на платформе. 9. Я завтракал в маленьком кафе на станции, когда я увидел его в окно. Он стоял под большими часами и ждал кого-то. Ехercise 30 p. 63 Complete the following sentences, using the Future Continuous Tense according to the model. Model: My vacation is coming to an end. (return to the University in two days). I'll be returning to the University in two days. 1. I can't discuss the matter with you now. But (see you tomorrow), won't I? 2. "I think, he'll be here in time." "Yes, I think he will." (he, come by the fast train). 3. She is on a visit, (she, not dine with us today). 4. I don't think they will come. (they, move to a new flat). 5. There are a lot of people here and (more, arrive next week). 6. Let's wait. (he, wake up soon). 7. Look, it is getting dark. (it, rain in a minute). 8. There's nothing he likes better than to tell stories. I wonder what (he, tell us next). 9. "Who (give) a talk on the current situation Friday next? 10. Don't leave yet. (we, have supper in about twenty minutes). Exercise 31 p.64 Translate the following sentences, using the Future Continuous Tense. 1. Давайте пойдем побыстрее. Через минуту начнется (будет) дождь. 2. Я не буду писать ему. Я увижусь с ним. 3. Приходите, пожалуйста. Соколов будет рассказывать о своей поездке в Англию. 4. Через месяц мы переезжаем на новую квартиру. 5. Ты будешь завтра проходить мимо кинотеатра, купи два билета. 6. — В чем ты будешь на вечере? — В новом платье, конечно. 7. Никуда не уходи. Поезд прибывает через несколько минут. 8. Летом вы, конечно, опять будете путешествовать? Exercise 32 p. 64 Complete the following, using the Continuous tense forms (Present, Past, Future). Model: Ask the students of Group One to come here. (have classes) They are having classes now. 1. Where is Jane? It's time to leave. (have breakfast) 2. What are your plans for tonight? (take a friend to a concert) 3. Is your dress ready? (wear it to the party tomorrow. 4. Where's everybody? (cover the roses in the garden, have a hard frost at night) 5. Let's have dinner at a restaurant tomorrow. But we can't. The Browns (come for dinner). 6. Why didn't you come at 4 o'clock yesterday? (wait for me?) 7. Don’t make so much noise. (anybody, sleep?) 8. Why did we see so little of you last month? (write a paper on history) Exercise 33 p. 64 Open the brackets, using the correct tense form. IN THE WAITING ROOM I (enter) the dentist's waiting room which (be) full. Like any other waiting room, it (have) an atmosphere of its own. A small table (be covered) with very old magazines; the curtains (be) of indefinite colour and the armchairs definitely unclean. There (be) dusty pictures on the wall. I (take) my seat and (decide) to pass the time watching the people around me. A little man beside me (turn) over the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. It (be) hard to understand what he (look) at; from time to time he (throw) the magazine on the table and (pick up) another. Opposite me there (be) a young mother who (try) hard to quiet her son. The boy (make) aeroplane-noises as he (move) an ashtray on the floor. Near him an old man (sleep) and the boy's mother (be) afraid that sooner or later her son (wake up) him. I myself (be) sleepy. The boy (be) quiet now in his mother's arms. There (be) a deathly silence in the room just at this moment the loud speaker (call) out the name of the next lucky person. (After "Sixty Steps to Precis" by L. G. Alexander) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||